Sir Robert Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet, (13 September 1836 – 4 August 1928) was a British
Liberal Party politician.
Biography
Hobart was the oldest son of
Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart, third son of the
3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire, and Charlotte Selina Moore, daughter of Richard Moore. He was a civil servant in the
War Office between 1860 and 1900, and was appointed a Companion of the
Order of the Bath (CB) in 1885. In October 1901 the
Earl Marshal,
the Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Norfolk is a title in the peerage of England. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the county of Norfolk. The current duke is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk. The duke ...
, appointed him a Secretary to the Earl Marshal's office, to work on preparations for the 1902
coronation of King
Edward VII. He received the
King Edward VII Coronation Medal
The King Edward VII Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal issued in 1902 to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
Issue
The medal was awarded in silver and bronze. It was issued in silver to members of the Royal f ...
, and on 11 August 1902 (two days after the coronation) was knighted as a Knight Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his services.
Hobart was the Official
Verderer of the
New Forest and sat as
Member of Parliament (MP) for
New Forest from 1906 until 1910.
On 14 July 1914, he was created a Baronet, of Langdown, in the County of Southampton.
Election results
Family
On 13 May 1869, Hobart married Hon. Julia Trollope, oldest daughter of the
1st Baron Kesteven. He died in August 1928 aged 91 and was succeeded in the
baronetcy by his only son Claud.
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1836 births
1928 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1906–1910
Robert
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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